Most people are familiar with the Cubs Beavers and Scouts that are out in force in the early fall during our Apple Day Fundraising Event.  Unfortunately, most people are not aware that many activities that we do with the youth in Scouting involve some costs, whether it is an transportation costs for an outing to a local event or place of interest, camp fees, purchasing of craft material, badges and crests, tents and camping equipment, training costs for leaders, leader police record checks, bank fees, etc.  The list is seemingly endless and constantly increasing.  Fundraising out of necessity has been become a very important part of Scouting, but also teaches the youth an important lesson in regards to charity.

            Our Scouting Group has always tried to keep the registration costs to a bare minimum and when you compare it to costs for other activities such as hockey, gymnastics, or swimming lessons, it really is one of the best deals around in terms of time allotted to the meetings and outings and instruction received versus the cost of the registration.  We do however need finances and the youth are always actively involved in helping to raise funds. This way they see the direct results of the act of hard work and fundraising and it is another lesson of life that they receive in Scouting. 

We raise funds in a number of ways:

•  We normally hold a car wash every year at the local Tim Horton's.  It is a lot of fun and we always seem to be blessed with great weather.  The funds we raise are split equally by the participating sections for activities through the year.
• As mentioned in the first paragraph, Apple Day is one of our main fundraising events.  On a Saturday in late October or early November the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts spend the day at the local mall and area stores loaded down with apples that they polished and baskets they have decorated.   The apples are given out and donations to used to support Scouting in our area.
• We participate in the annual popcorn drive and our youth "Always Do Their Best"
• In May we participate in collecting Donations for Trees for Canada and then spend a Saturday planting trees.
• Usually in February we also sell chocolate bars to bolster the finances. This money is split with the sections and Group Committee and helps to pay the lease on our camp at Timber Lake.  We also rent out the camp for a very nominal fee to other groups to help pay the costs. If you are interested in renting the camp for your group for a weekend or even a full week, go to our Timber Lake Page